6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour - RESULTS (Updated with Noe-Blood Results)

The main card of this event starts with a bang, as Sengoku veteran Ryo Kawamura takes on Yukiya Naito. From what I have heard, it turned into an awesome fight! It was followed by another good fight between Kosei Kobuta and Shingo Suzuki.

The names just keep coming on this card!

The event is taking place right now, and I will update the results as they become available.

Main-Event:
Satoru Kitaoka Def. Yukio Sakaguchi by achilles hold Round 1 1:26
A predictable end to this event. Everone knows what to expect from Kitaoka, but he is too strong and gets an impressive win.

Flyweight King of Pancrase:
Mitsuhisa Sunabe Def. Takuya Eizumi by KO Round 1 4:35

Koji Oishi Def. Kim Hyung Kwang by Decision 2-0
Takenori Sato Def. Kim Hoon by arm-bar Round 1 4:26
Choi Mu Bae Def. Katsuhisa Fujii by Decision 3-0
Seiya Kawahara Def. Tatsuya So by Decision 3-0
Keiichiro Yamamiya Def. Ryuji Ohori by KO Round 1 1:01
(right hook 1 punch KO)
Isao Hirose Def. Takashi Nakamura by Decision 3-0
Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi Def. Takumi Murata by Decision 2-0
Kosei Kubota vs. Shingo Suzuki DRAW
Ryo Kawamura Def. Yukiya Naito by Decision 3-0

Neo-Blood Tournament Semi-Finals:
Light: Isao Kobayashi Def. Koji Nakamura by KO Round 2 1:03
Light: Hiro Tomiyama def. Keigo Hirayama by Decision 3-0
Feather: Yo Saito Def. Yasutomo Tanaka by Guillotine Choke Round 1 1:29
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama Def. Hiroshi Tomita by TKO Round 1 1:27
Bantam: Nobuhiro Yoshitake Def. Ranki Kawana by split decision
Bantam: Ryota Sasaki Def. Taro Shimazaki by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:23
Fly: Kiyotaka Shimizu Def. Takuma Ishii by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:00
Fly: Yuki Yashima Def. Daisuke Tsujita by Kimura Round 1 2:24

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6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour - Weigh-In & Fight Order

It is a stacked card that Pancrase is putting on in Differ Ariake tomorrow (Sunday). The fact that Sengoku veteran Ryo Kawamura opens the main card should be an indication of how stacked this card is. The Pancrase Light-Heavyweight title holder is fighting in a non-title fight.

The main event will see Sengoku Lightweight title holder Satoru Kitaoka take on Pancrase and DREAM (Dynamite) veteran Yukio Sakagushi. This fight will probably last around 1 minute. Either a KO to Sakaguchi, or a more likely submission to Kitaoka.

The co-main event is the Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight between Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Yukio Sakaguchi. Also on the card is Isao Hirose, with a win here he should be next in line for a title shot.

Another Sengoku veteran fighting in this event is Korean standout Choi Mu Bae, who defeated Dave Hermann in the last Sengoku event. He is taking on Pride veteran Katsuhisa Fujii.

Differ Ariake should be packed for this event!

Weigh-in results after the fight order.

Fight Order:
19. Light: Satoru Kitaoka 24-8-9 vs. 3-4-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Flyweight King of Pancrase:
18. Mitsuhisa Sunabe 8-5-3 vs. 5-1-0 Takuya Eizumi

17. Light: Koji Oishi 17-8-6 vs. 2-2-0 Kim Hyung Kwang
16. Middle: Takenori Sato 8-5-4 vs. Kim Hoon
15. Heavy: Choi Mu Bae 8-3-0 vs. 9-16-1 Katsuhisa Fujii
14. Bantam: Seiya Kawahara 6-2-0 vs. 3-2-1 Tatsuya So
13. Middle: Keiichiro Yamamiya 34-24-9 vs. 3-4-0 Ryuji Ohori
12. Fly: Isao Hirose 5-0-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takashi Nakamura
11. Feather: Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi 10-5-9 vs. 4-8-6 Takumi Murata
10. Welter: Kosei Kubota 24-30-10 vs. 1-1-0 Shingo Suzuki
9. Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 9-4-2 vs. 15-5-2 Yukiya Naito

Neo-Blood Semi-Finals:
8. Fly: Daisuke Tsujita 3-0-0 vs. 3-4-1 Yuki Yashima
7. Fly: Takuma Ishii 2-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
6. Bantam: Taro Shimazaki 5-1-1 vs. 2-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
5. Bantam: Nobuhiro Yoshitake 1-4-1 vs. 10-1-6 Ranki Kawana
4. Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-1 Hiroshi Tomita
3. Feather: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 0-1-0 Akira Saito
2. Light: Keigo Hirayama 7-4-3 vs. Hiro Tomiyama
1. Light: Koji Nakamura vs. 2-0-0 Isao Kobayashi

Weigh-in:
Satoru Kitaoka 70.2 kg
Yukio Sakaguchi 69.0 kg

Mitsuhisa Sunabe 56.9 kg
Takuya Eizumi 56.7 kg

Koji Oishi 70.1 kg
Kim Hyoung Kwang 70.1 kg

Takenori Sato 83.8 kg
Kim Hoon 83.8 kg

Choi Mu Bae 112.6 kg
Katsuhisa Fujii 105.1 kg

Seiya Kawahara 61.2kg → 61.1kg
Tatsuya So

13. Middle: Kei Yamamiya 83.4 kg
Ryuji Ohori 83.5 kg

12. Fly: Isao Hirose 57.8 kg
Takashi Nakamura 57.7 kg

Tashiro Akai 65.3 kg
Takumi Murata 64.9 kg

Kosei Kubota　76.9 kg
Shingo Suzuki 76.6 kg

Ryo Kawamura 92.9 kg
Yukiya Naito 91.5 kg

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6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour 3 - Flyweight Title Fight

Pancrase have added 3 fights to their 3rd Changing Tour event. This is looking like it will be a very good card, Pancrase are putting some of their biggest stars on the card. This includes Sengoku champion Satoru Kitaoka and Sengoku veterans Ryo Kawamura and Yukiya Naito.

The Flyweight King of Pancrase fight will see the #1 ranked Mitsuhisa Sunabe take on #2 ranked Takuya Eizumi for the vacant title. Takuya Eizumi lost the Neo-Blood tournament final last year, but since then he has remained undefeated and all his wins have been within the distance. The winner of last year's tournament, Isao Hirose is likely to be the first title defence for the winner.

Flyweight King of Pancrase:
Mitsuhisa Sunabe 8-5-3 vs. 5-1-0 Takuya Eizumi

Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 9-4-2 vs. 15-5-2 Yukiya Naito
Bantam: Seiya Kawahara 6-2-0 vs. 3-2-1 Tatsuya So

Previously Announced:
Light: Satoru Kitaoka 24-8-9 vs. 3-4-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Neo-Blood Semi-Finals:
Fly: Daisuke Tsujita 3-0-0 vs. 3-4-1 Yuki Yashima
Fly: Takuma Ishii 2-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
Bantam: Taro Shimazaki 5-1-1 vs. 2-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
Bantam: Nobuhiro Yoshitake 1-4-1 vs. 10-1-6 Ranki Kawana
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-1 Hiroshi Tomita
Feather: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 0-1-0 Akira Saito
Light: Keigo Hirayama 7-4-3 vs. Hiro Tomiyama
Light: Koji Nakamura vs. 2-0-0 Isao Kobayashi

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6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour 3 - Kitaoka Returns to Pancrase

The next Pancrase event is shaping up to be something special. Pancrase has some very loyal fighters, and even though Kitaoka has moved on to bigger and better things, he still wants to fight in Pancrase.

So, at this Pancrase event Satoru Kitaoka will return to Pancrase and take on Dynamite! participant Yukio Sakaguchi. This might look like a mis-match, and if it goes to the ground, it will be. But Sakaguchi does have KO power, and that is his only hope here. It should be a quick and entertaining fight.

Listed as participants are some very big Pancrase stars: Ryo Kawamura, Koji Oishi, Seiya Kawahara, Ichiro Kanai, Kenji Arai and Takafumi Ito are all very familiar Pancrase names.

Announced:
Light: Satoru Kitaoka 24-8-9 vs. 3-4-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Participants:
Light-Heavyweight Champion: Ryo Kawamura
Lightweight ranked #1: Koji Oishi
Bantamweight ranked #1: Seiya Kawahara
Middleweight ranked #2: Ichiro Kanai
Featherweight ranked #4: Kenji Arai
Takafumi Ito

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2/10 DEEP & CMA - Minowa fighting Pro-Wrestling!

The first fight for this event in Korakuen Hall is announced. It should be an event that is more a "fun" type, I guess. But for the price and the names, it should be worth the trip out.

Today it was announced that Ikuhisa Minowa "Minowaman" will face pro-wrestler and Pancrase legend Minoru Suzuki. This should be a fight that will draw the Japanese crowd.

In addition to this match-up, there are lots of big names announced as participants. Among them are Kazuo Takahashi (Sengoku and former Pride fighter), Yukio Sakaguchi (fought at Dynamite!) and Daijiro Matsui (former Pride fighter)

Announced:
Pro-wrestling: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Minoru Suzuki

Participating:
Kazuo Takahashi
柳沢龍志
Kosei Kobuta
Yukio Sakaguchi
Daijiro Matsui
Makoto Kato

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Yukio Sakaguchi gets noticed

Yesterday's Pancrase card was full of fights going the distance, there were a couple of exceptions though. Yukio Sakaguchi is son of former Japanese Pro-Wrestler Seiji Sakaguchi.

Yukio Sakaguchi's record might not be the best in the business, but there is one thing the record doesnt show. Yukio Sakaguchi ALWAYS puts up a great fight, win or lose. Yesterday he KO'ed Pancrase #4 ranked Yuichi Ikari, and he is sure to move up in those rankings (he was previously unranked).

He has said that he would like to participate in one of the New Year's shows, Dynamite or Sengoku. Will it happen? Who knows, but his application has gotten some attention in the media here. If he were to participate, dont underestimate him, his fight will not go the distance.

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - Welterweight Tournament Announced

Pancrase have added a welterweight tournament to their event on October 26 in Differ Ariake. The goal is to fill the vacant King of Pancrase welterweight spot. The final is scheduled for the December 7 event also held in Differ Ariake. Intrim champion, Takayuki Wada is not in the tournament, the winner of the tournament will face him in the spring for the King of Pancrase title. In other words, the winner will earn the right to face Wada for the title.

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Asaki Honda 4-2-1 vs. 5-3-2 Hiroyuki Nozawa
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 4-7-0 vs. 5-2-2 "Strasser" Kiichi Kunimoto

Previously announced:

Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu
Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi
Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 9-5-7 Tashiro Akai (Name changed from Nishiuchi)
Takafumi Ito 33-26-11 vs. 7-10-6 Takaichi Hirayama

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - 2 Fights Announced

Pancrase have announced an additional 2 fights for their October 26 event.

A lot of experience added to this card today, it will be a good event.

Added:
Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 9-5-7 Tashiro Akai (Name changed from Nishiuchi)
Takafumi Ito 33-26-11 vs. 7-10-6 Takaichi Hirayama

Previously announced:
Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu
Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fights added

The Pancrase event for October 26 is taking shape. Added to the card is welterweight interim champion Takuya Wada, in a non-title fight against Masahiro Toryu.

In the other fight added today, another Neo-Blood finalist is added in Takuya Eizumi in a rematch of the neo-blood 1st round against Takaya Hirayasu. Eizumi won the previous fight by TKO (doctor stoppage) and ended up losing only the final.

Added:
Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu

Previously Announced:
Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - First Fight Announced

Pancrase also announced the first fight for the event to be held in Differ Ariake on October 26.
This should be a very good fight, Sakaguchi is always exciting to watch and is much better than his record indicates. It will be interesting to see what he can do against the very talented Yuichi Ikari, who has not lost in 9 fights.

Fight Announced:
Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

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6/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - RESULTS

An action packed day in Korakuen Hall, as Pancrase put on what looks to have been an awesome event! I just flew back to Japan today, so didnt get to this one, but wish I did...

Main-Event
Keiichiro Yamamiya Def. Hiromitsu Kanehara by Decision 3-0

Izuru Takeuchi Def. Junior by Heel-hook Round 1 4:49
Shinsuke Shoji Def. Takafumi Ito by TKO Round 2 4:01
Rafael dos Anjos Def. Takaichi Hirayama by Arm-lock Round 1 1:25
Seiya Kawahara Def. Masaki Yanagisawa by KO Round 1 0:41
Yukio Sakaguchi Def. Masakazu Kuramochi by KO Round 1 2:01
Ranki Kawana Def. Tomoki Murayama by TKO Round 1 2:17
Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" Def. Toshihiro Shimizu by Guilliotine Round 0:31

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6/1 Pancrase Shining Tour 5 - Fight Order Announced

Pancrase has announced the fight order for their event next Sunday. There are some big Pancrase stars on this card and it should be a good event. Added to the card is exciting Brazilian Rafael Dos Anjos, who will make his Japan debut against Takaichi Hirayama. Also fighting is Yukio Sakaguchi, who is always fun to watch, even if his record is not the best.

Main-Event
Keiichiro Yamamiya 33-22-9 vs. 16-20-1 Hiromitsu Kanehara

Izuru Takeuchi 24-9-6 vs. 9-0-0 Junior
Takafumi Ito 33-26-10 vs. 5-3-2 Shinsuke Shoji
Takaichi Hirayama 7-9-6 vs. 9-2-0 Rafael dos Anjos
Seiya Kawahara 4-0-0 vs. 5-5-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
Yukio Sakaguchi 1-3-0 vs. 4-10-2 Masakazu Kuramochi
Tomoki Murayama 1-4-0 vs. 8-1-5 Ranki Kawana
Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 3-5-3 vs. 1-3-2 Toshihiro Shimizu

PancraseGate:
Yuki Yashima 2-4-1 vs. Wataru Yoshikawa

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6/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - Korakuen Hall

Pancrase is holding 2 events in 1 week. The Osaka event is happening this Sunday then next Sunday we will have the Shining Tour in Korakuen Hall. I am not sure who "Junior" is, but the Pancrase site lists him with a 9-0 record, he is a Chute Boxe fighter and his fight with Izuru Takeuchi should be a good one. A good mix of experienced and talented fighters in this event.

Kanehara has not won a fight since 2001, lets see if he can get a win against KeiYamamiya.

I am not sure of the fight order.

Izuru Takeuchi 24-9-6 vs. 9-0-0 Junior
Yukio Sakaguchi 1-3-0 vs. 4-10-2 Masakazu Kuramochi
Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 3-5-3 vs. 1-3-2 Toshihiro Shimizu
Keiichiro Yamamiya 33-22-9 vs. 16-20-1 Hiromitsu Kanehara
Seiya Kawahara 4-0-0 vs. 5-5-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
Takafumi Ito 33-26-10 vs. 5-3-2 Shinsuke Shoji
Tomoki Murayama 1-4-0 vs. 8-1-5 Ranki Kawana

PancraseGate:
Yuki Yashima 2-4-1 vs. Wataru Yoshikawa

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